American Revolution Paintings - Second Series

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	The Declaration of Independence, 1818 by John Trumbull (1756—1843) Oil on canvas; 12' x 18' (144 in × 216 in). U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC. The first of four paintings… » view »
	The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, 1820 by John Trumbull (1756—1843) Oil on canvas; 12' x 18' (144 in × 216 in). U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC. Cornwallis surrendered on 19… » view »
	The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, 1821 by John Trumbull (1756—1843) Oil on canvas; 12' x 18' (144 in × 216 in). U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC. » view »
	The Resignation of General Washington, 1824 by John Trumbull (1756—1843) Oil on canvas; 12' x 18' (144 in × 216 in). U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC. Commemorates the moment when… » view »

The disarrayed condition of the colonies in 1764 — economies and societies in flux with changes wrought by war, governments trying simultaneously to adjust to international peace and cope with the effects of Indian insurrections — helps explain how the colonists reacted to British efforts to reform imperial relations.… But the single most significant factor was the depression that by 1764 had fastened a clammy grip on trade in every colony, and which would not fully release it until the decade had ended.

— Fred Anderson

Crucible of War: The Seven Years’ War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766 (2000)